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Postal Slowdowns Likely Didn’t Impact Battlegrounds

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“US Postal Service workers likely delivered more than 99.9% of the nation’s mail ballots in-time to be counted,” NBCLX reports.

“However, it also appears the USPS disenfranchised tens of thousands of voters – who mailed legally-cast ballots the week before the election – through substandard performance.”

“NBCLX analyzed election records – as well as postal records obtained through federal court filings – to find out how many ballots, cast the week before the election, were ultimately rejected… But records indicate the figure is likely no more than a few thousand votes in any given state – not enough to change the results of a single battleground in 2020.”

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